Heart Health Blog

While most of my junior HS classmates were spending their free time playing sports or socializing with family and friends, we ware commuting to Spanish Harlem a...

On a cool and crisp day in April 1967, a family friend treated us to our first Yankeesgame at the original stadium that Ruth built. Still remembering that day a...

In the early 1960s, our family moved from Queens to a sprawling apartment complex in Brooklyn known as Beach Haven (pictured above), owned by none other than Fr...

This week’s publication of RESPECT-EPA , adds more data to the 2 prior clinical trials JELIS and REDUCE-IT that found purified eicosapentanoic acid (EPA) to red...

In contrast to high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), where reduction invariably results in clinical benefit (irrespective of the therapy/t...

Eskimos: More than half a century ago, Danish researchers Bang and Dyerberg made the astute discovery that Eskimos residing in the Danish territory of Greenland...

I am reminded of my late mentor, Dr. Peter O. Kwiterovich, Jr. who used to say when we published new research findings that “this is another feather in your cap...

I am reminded of my late mentor, Dr. Peter O. Kwiterovich, Jr. who used to say when we published new research findings that “this is another feather in your cap...

It’s hard to believe that not too long ago, revered athletes like Mickey Mantle and even our medical community promoted cigarette smoking! Yet despite the numer...

As my 30-plus years as a faculty member at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Medical Center has drawn to a close, I fondly recall 10 heart-relat...

As we get set to leave Baltimore for Philadelphia, I can’t help but reminisce of the great friendships and memories made in “Charm City”. As a baseball enthus...

While the holiday season is jovial and celebratory for the majority of Americans, it can also be a source of despondency and despair for others. This is especia...